Parents can’t grin and bear daughter’s 3rd marriage DEAR ABBY: My daughter, “Libby,” is about to be married. It’s her third trip to the altar, and her stepfather and I are not in favor of the marriage. After her first marriage — to a wonderful man — she had an affair with a married man […]

Woman lacks the gumption to defend herself DEAR ABBY: I am 23 and have never been able to stand up for myself. I have an extremely sloppy roommate whom I always have to clean up after, a former fiance I want to cut ties with, and an overbearing mother who treats me like a child. […]

Woman refuses phone calls from everybody DEAR ABBY: My older sister does not pick up her phone unless her boyfriend calls. They have a system worked out to let her know when it’s him. She has an answering machine, but its message limit is always full. She has told everyone that, in case of emergency, […]

Wife shies away from man’s nudist lifestyle DEAR ABBY: My husband, “Adam,” and I bought a lovely, secluded home in the country. We have no children, and our nearest neighbor is a half-mile away. Now it seems like my husband plans to spend the rest of his life in the nude. He loves it and […]

Patience is stretched thin in waiting room DEAR ABBY: Your advice to “Sick of Waiting in Denver” (June 25) will help a number of our patients. Physicians don’t want frustrated and angry patients, and we don’t plan our day expecting long waits. Your suggestion that when a doctor is running more than 15 minutes late, […]

New school year challenges student DEAR ABBY: I will be going into the seventh grade soon. I’ll be in all advanced classes, and I am also doing several sports. My problem is I’m very nervous. I’m afraid of getting lost on my way to my classes, that I’ll have a hard time meeting new people […]

DEAR ABBY: My neighbors and I are extremely concerned about my next-door neighbor of 38 years, “Anne.” She was always somewhat of a narcissist, and her husband has always been an unsociable, passive-aggressive bore who thinks he’s always right. Since he retired, Anne has been drinking. She even asked one of our neighbors’ sons if […]

Student hopes griendship graduates to relationship DEAR ABBY: I’m a 22-year-old male who has never been in a serious relationship. About six months ago, I went away to grad school and met a girl. We have become good friends. We talk a lot and I flirt, but I’m not sure if she’s flirting back. She […]

Hurt caused by old flame still burns DEAR ABBY: When I started my freshman year of college, I was a loner. I had low self-esteem, the result of a disability I was born with. On the first day of school I noticed “Will,” who was also a freshman. I thought he was cute. He was […]

Mother-in-law keeps mum about name-calling DEAR ABBY: During the 10 years I have been with my husband, I have called my mother-in-law “Martha.” I have just learned that she has been harboring resentment about it because she hadn’t given me “permission” to call her by her first name. Apparently she would like me to call […]